Labor Codes: Updates & Cases

That fresh payroll additions, as seen from EPFO subscriptions, plunged to 5.73 lakh in May, the worst in about a year, is disappointing. They suggest the second wave of the pandemic may have done the job market some severe damage. The additions to the payroll have trended down, from 8.83 lakh in January to 8.07 […]

The labour ministry is considering fine-tuning some contentious provisions and rules concerning the four labour Codes passed by Parliament recently, in order to ensure that these reformist laws take effect from October 1 throughout the country. A source in the government said all the four labour codes – code on wages, industrial relations, social security

Download: Official Gazette Ministry of Labour vide notification no G.S.R. 385( E) has notified the draft Code On Social Security (Employee’ s Compensation) (Central) Rules, 2021 for providing compensation to workers under the Code on Social Security, 2020. The proposed draft Rules will supersede the Employee’s Compensation Rules, 1924, the Employee’s Compensation (Transfer of Money)

The corporate world is attentive to the impact of Code on Wages on the Cost to the Company. Multiple articles are stating a perspective that it is going to increase the cost to the companies and could impact the net take-home salaries of the employees. Hope you have read mine on this topic highlighting the myths

The labour ministry may notify the labour codes in the next three-four months, paving way for their implementation as it expects over 15 states to be ready with rules in their domain by that time. The implementation, however, could be partial as some of the provisions like the national floor-level minimum wage and gratuity payout could kick-in later, giving

The Madras High Court issued notice to the Centre on a PIL challenging the provisions of the Code on Social Security, which allegedly reduced the benefits guaranteed for women under the Maternity Benefits Act.Admitting the plea moved by Vahitha Parveen, convenor of the All India Working Women Forum of the AITUC, the first bench of

he Indian Government’s decision to consolidate 29 central labour laws into 4 labour codes, is a move that is going to bring about monumental structural changes and reforms in employment policies that have existed for quite a while. In the light of the anticipated implementation of the new codes, Genius Consultant Ltd, a leading recruitment

Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India has notified the draft rules relating to Employee’s Compensation under the Code on Social Security, 2020 on 03.06.2021 for inviting objections and suggestions, if any, from the stakeholders.  Such objections and suggestions are required to be submitted within a period of 45 days from the date of

Download: Official Gazette Provision For Setting Up Of Technical Committees Under Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code, 2020 The Central Government vide notification no. G.S.R. 261(E) has notified ”Setting up of Technical Committee” under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 for the purpose of assisting the Central Government or the National